You could have indicated frankly what you thought of was wrong without embittering them with such _______________ criticism.
What is vitriolic?
100
Antonym for CHERISH
What is abominate?
100
Modern American society can justly be said to be the end point of the (commiseration / acculturation of diverse groups of immigrants.
What is Acculturation?
100
Antonym for straight
What is circuitous?
200
to have an intense dislike for
What is abominate?
200
If, as you say, your slamming of the door on the way out was completely ________________, you should be more careful in the future.
What is inadvertent?
200
Synonym for self-assurace
What is sangfroid?
200
It is only in my fantasies that I display the ferment / sangfroid associated with movie heroes who are "as cool as cucumber".
What is sangfroid?
200
the modification of social patterns, traits, or structures
What is acculturation?
300
thin, slender, lacking clarity or sharpeness
What is tenuous?
300
We must distinguish between the truly basic policies of our political party and those that are ________________ and have little connection with the essential program.
What is adventitious?
300
synonym for poorly supported
What is tenuous?
300
Our military is prepared to deal with external aggression, but our best defense against sedition / peculation at home is the loyalty of the American people.
What is sedition?
300
Synonym for accidental
What is inadvertent?
400
non decisive or definite
What is noncommittal?
400
He _____________(ed) the crime committed during his youth by a lifetime of service to humanity.
What is expiated?
400
antonym for loyal
What is seditious?
400
I learned that I would have have to make a choice between my strong aversion to hard work and my equally strong proclivity / wheedle for eating.
What is proclivity?
400
UPS or FEDEX
What is expedite?
500
to direct or order
What is enjoin?
500
His line of questioning was so ____________________that I began to suspect that he was not sure of what he was trying to prove.
What is circuitous?
500
synonym for penchant
What is proclivity?
500
Although the critic is feared for noncommittal / vitriolic reviews, I have learned that there is usually a sound basis for her unfavorable judgments.